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Ptilinorhynchus violaceus
Male is a glossy blue-black with a violet eye and semi covered greenish-yellow bill. Female is dull greenish and blueish grey with pale rufus wings; breast and abdomen yellowish white with darker scallops, blue eye.
These bowerbirds were found on our property.
Spotted on Jan 19, 2013
Submitted on Feb 19, 2013
4 Comments
Gorgeous.
The female here definitely mated with the male. He had quite a few females that were interested. His bower was magnificent.
Hi KerryHawkins! You could join the the "Nests, hives, bowers etc.." mission and assign this spotting to it. I hope she has visited the bower and likes it!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Interesting bird. Nice photos Kerry.